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| Interior releases $1.9B plan to buy Indian land |
February 03,2012 23:28:51 |
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| (AP) HELENA, Mont. — Federal officials Thursday released their proposal on how they plan to spend up to $1.9 billion to buy up Native American-owned fractionated lands and turn them over to tribes.The program is a major part of the $3.4 b.. |
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| SD Students Combat Native American Stereotypes |
January 28,2012 02:01:43 |
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| SIOUX FALLS, SD - They're powerful words routinely used to describe people living on American Indian reservations: poor, violent, alcoholic and obese. But students at one high school on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota have a message:.. |
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| Minnesota's prisons locked down as feds target Indian gang |
January 26,2012 19:54:33 |
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MINNEAPOLIS— A federal indictment unsealed in part late yesterday charges 24 alleged members of the Native Mob gang with conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and other crimes. The Native Mob is a regional criminal gang that orig.. |
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| Two tribes threaten to sue over Sault plan for Lansing casino |
January 24,2012 20:58:27 |
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| Two Michigan Indian tribes have threatened legal action if the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' plan for a $245 million off-reservation gaming hall in Lansing moves forward.
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi and Saginaw Chippew.. |
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| Poorest Counties |
January 24,2012 01:46:38 |
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Western South Dakota is home to the three counties with the nation’s highest poverty rate, and four of the top 10, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.
South Dakota has long had several counties toward the top as Native American reser.. |
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| Effort to stop Settlement |
January 23,2012 20:34:33 |
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| Following the passing of our leader and friend, Elouise Cobell, Class Counsel is responding to your continuing questions and concerns regarding the settlement of the Cobell lawsuit.What is the current status of the settlement?Unfortunately, notwithst.. |
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| Woman challenges historic Native class-action settlement |
January 23,2012 20:12:57 |
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| Mary Lee Johns isn't one to back down from a fight.So when she learned Friday that attorneys for plaintiffs in the largest government class-action settlement in American history had sent out her name, address and phone number to thousands of their cl.. |
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| Indian Country comes to Berkely |
January 22,2012 20:12:50 |
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| BERKELEY —The Juaneño band of Mission Indians “has been in the process of federal recognition for 30 years,” laments Domingo Belardes, his voice hinting at the psychic and economic toll of a generation’s worth of govern.. |
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| AICF CEO Retiring |
January 18,2012 02:57:42 |
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| Richard Williams, long-time president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund (AICF) will be retiring at an unspecified future date, sources close to the AICF confirmed January 16.“After 15 years of service to the Fund and after careful con.. |
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| UTTC celebrates MLK Day |
January 17,2012 22:33:16 |
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| Nearly 100 students, staff and community members of United Tribes Technical College crowded into the lower level of the Jack Barden Center to learn about the history of the civil rights movement and today's Indian activism."We are a part of Mart.. |
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| Gov. Daugaard nothing useful in Indian Foster Report |
January 17,2012 21:46:32 |
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| Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he didn’t gain any useful information from a controversial 2011 public radio series on American Indian foster children in South Dakota.“I can’t identify any legitimate criticisms that identified an area whe.. |
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| Susan Allen Becomes first American Indian Lesbian Elected |
January 14,2012 00:29:50 |
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| Minnesota Democrat Susan Allen made history January 10 as the first Native American Lesbian to be elected to a U.S. State legislature. During a special general election to the Minnesota State House, Allen defeated her opponent Nathan Blumenshine with.. |
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| Bill Janklow's Death Gives South Dakota Tribal Leader Chance To Vent |
January 14,2012 00:24:33 |
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| When someone dies, the eulogies roll in, the higher the stature of the departed, the more stately the praise.
And that's certainly somewhat true for Bill Janklow, South Dakota's former congressman and governor who died Thursday from his brain can.. |
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| Ponca Tribe Loses Leader |
January 12,2012 21:51:23 |
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| The man who helped put the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska back together again died early Wednesday in Omaha.Fred LeRoy -- Marine, Vietnam vet, tribal leader, tribal learner -- was 63."He was so proud to be a Ponca," said Judi Morgan gaiashkibos, d.. |
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| The List Goes on - Crow Creek Sioux Tribe |
January 12,2012 21:48:26 |
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| FORT THOMPSON — A Crow Creek tribal council and school board member pleaded not guilty Jan. 4 to a December indictment for misprision of a felony and making a false statement.Loren “Rocky” Fallis, 58, of Fort Thompson, allegedly hid.. |
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| Tony Mandan - MHA |
January 12,2012 21:40:04 |
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They worry activity will diminish areas’ spiritual power
KILLDEER, N.D. – Tony Mandan delicately crosses his legs in a “matter-of-fact” manner and removes his rhinestone- studded sunglasses. He peers sternly from beneath th.. |
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| Cheyenne River losing more than Buffalo |
January 06,2012 01:21:57 |
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| CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA -- A legal case that could decimate the buffalo herd on this large reservation has tribal members extremely concerned.Once the central life force of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples of the Great Plains, t.. |
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| The lost city of Cahokia: |
January 05,2012 23:24:15 |
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| A sprawling Native American metropolis which lay hidden beneath a modern city for a millennium has been uncovered.Archaeologists digging in preparation for the Mississippi River spanning bridge - which will connect Missouri and Illinois - discovered .. |
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| $1,000.00 Dollar Reward for Information |
January 05,2012 23:10:18 |
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| RAPID CITY, SD - Federal authorities are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man wanted in the killing of another man on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. FBI spokesman Bob Perry says .. |
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| Closing in on 1,000 |
January 05,2012 21:07:20 |
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| Shaun Tatarka is one of the Frontier Conference's best basketball players, a senior guard known for his ability to score, steal and dish.The Great Falls native is also pretty good at rebounding.Tatarka, who needs 20 points to crack the 1,000-point ma.. |
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| Chippewa Tribe backs UMD Indian resource center |
January 05,2012 21:00:20 |
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| The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe is throwing its political support behind efforts to build a new home for the American Indian Learning Resource Center in Duluth.
University of Minnesota regents voted last fall to include in their 2012 bonding request.. |
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| Kipp Blackfeet Community College President |
January 05,2012 20:02:13 |
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GREAT FALLS -- A former Blackfeet Indian Reservation resident with a doctorate in clinical psychology is the new president of Blackfeet Community College in Browning.
Billie Jo Kipp said the fact that she earned an advanced degree after dropping o.. |
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| Multiple fires burning in MT |
January 05,2012 19:59:11 |
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| At least three and up to five large fires are burning in and near Browning.Fire crews from Dupuyer, Valier, and Shelby have been called in to assist.Several evacutions underway, including Boarding School, Cut Bank Creek, and in the community of Black.. |
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| Are You a Lakota Warrior or a Lakota Weakling? |
January 04,2012 03:24:46 |
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| by Wizipan GarriotWe Lakota have survived for thousands of years, and will continue to survive for thousands more, but only if we stay close to what makes us Indian, to what makes us Lakota. It is in one sense the warrior attitude – an in.. |
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| Big Foot Ride |
December 31,2011 23:07:48 |
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| The story of Wounded Knee is embedded deep into the conscious and culture of American Indians from all tribes. That the story is retold so often is a testament to its lasting power over our imaginations, the lessons learned something never to b.. |
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| CRST Might lose Buffalo |
December 31,2011 22:54:45 |
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| RAPID CITY, SD - The Cheyenne River Sioux tribe's buffalo herd and some of its land may be auctioned off if the tribe can't settle a $1 million dispute. Attorneys for rancher Clint Amiotte say the tribe has until Thursday to negotiate a .. |
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| Tim Giago: Wounded Knee a day of infamy for Lakota people |
December 31,2011 22:49:48 |
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| Most white South Dakotans forget that in December of 1890 there were still violent hostilities that existed between the Lakota and the United States. To this day an all-inclusive peace treaty has never been signed between the tribes of the Great Siou.. |
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| Obama pledges advances with Tribal relations. |
December 05,2011 19:19:14 |
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| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday aimed at improving education for American Indians and Alaskan Natives.He announced the order hours later to tribal leaders during the third annual White House Tribal Nations C.. |
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| Shakopee support Native Education |
December 05,2011 19:13:23 |
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| The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) of Prior Lake, Minnesota recently showed its support for Native American education with donations totaling $755,500 because, as they said in a release, “the youth of today are the leaders of tomor.. |
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| Crow Creek Sioux Woman - Bronze Star Recipent |
December 02,2011 23:10:58 |
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| RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- Major Stephanie R. Griffith, USMC, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service to her country. She has served in the Marine Corps for 13 years... |
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| Tex Hall - President should make amends |
December 02,2011 23:05:13 |
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| When Columbus got lost in America, he found healthy, thriving native peoples. Within 100 years, the civilizations he first met were decimated. In North America, north of Mexico, the pre-Columbian population has been estimated at 18 million people. By.. |
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| Tribal Chairman get 36 Months - Now appealing sentence |
December 01,2011 08:59:37 |
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| Former SD Tribal Chairman Appeals Fed Convictions
Published: January 4, 2012, 8:49 AM MITCHELL, SD - The former chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe in South Dakota is appealing his federal convictions on conspiracy a.. |
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| Duane Big Eagle Ask Court for gift |
November 30,2011 19:13:48 |
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| PIERRE, SD - Former Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Duane Big Eagle is being sentenced Wednesday on bribery and conspiracy convictions for his role in a scheme that rewarded tribal officials for giving construction companies contracts for new building.. |
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| 2012 Miss Indian Rodeo |
November 29,2011 01:02:22 |
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2012 Miss Indian Rodeo, Kelsey Da’Rae Knight was crowned on November 11, 2011 at the Indian National Finals Rodeo held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelsey is the daughter of Mark and Connie Knight, sister of Tee Knight, granddaughter of Lyle Duchene.. |
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| Rosebud Tribal Investigator Jailed |
November 28,2011 21:20:46 |
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Rosebud tribal investigator jailed following gun incident
The lead investigator for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the firing of gun in a White River residential neighborhood on Sunday, according to T.. |
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| New Leadership at Native American Jobs |
November 19,2011 03:37:41 |
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PRESS RELEASE: NEW Executive Director
For Immediate Release
Contact Patricia L. Bender (605) 595-8234
pattyb@nativeamerican.jobs
Native American Jobs WELCOMES EXECUTIVE-DIRECTOR!
November 11, 2011, Sioux Falls, SD –.. |
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| National Indian Gaming Association has a new executive director. |
November 18,2011 22:57:31 |
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| The National Indian Gaming Association has a new executive director.Jason Giles, a member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, was promoted to the position this week, Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. announced at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee yesterday... |
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| Allegedly Illegal Tactics of Payday Lending |
November 18,2011 20:07:01 |
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| FTC Action Halts Allegedly Illegal Tactics of Payday Lending Operation That Attempted to Garnish Consumers’ PaychecksAfter the Federal Trade Commission filed an action in U.S. district court, a payday lender that allegedly attempted to illegall.. |
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| CEO of Western Dakota Operates Payday Loan |
November 18,2011 20:02:00 |
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| An Internet payday lender must comply with a state investigative subpoena into inflated loan interest rates despite the company's ties to a American Indian tribe, a Kanawha County judge ruled Wednesday.Several West Virginians lodged complaints .. |
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| Senator Johnson - Tribes play important role in South Dakota |
November 18,2011 19:57:01 |
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| Each November, we recognize National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and celebrate the heritage and culture of those that originally inhabited this country. Representing a state that is home to nine treaty tribes, this month takes on.. |
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| Native American tribe gets $380 million to end lawsuit |
November 09,2011 19:42:05 |
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| The United States reached a final settlement of $380 million Friday with a Native American tribe to resolve allegations of mismanagement of trust assets in a long-standing lawsuit.The agreement with the Osage Tribe capped a 12-year dispute over the I.. |
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| Kardashians Indian Giver |
November 08,2011 19:20:31 |
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| A Native American group is denouncing a comment Kim Kardashian’s mother made on national television as being “wrong and hurtful.”
The comment from Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner, came on “Good Morning America” o.. |
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| Governor: Let U of ND dump Fighting Sioux nickname |
November 08,2011 18:45:08 |
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| By DALE WETZELAssociated PressGov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.Should the Legislature g.. |
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| American Indian Voices take to the Air |
November 08,2011 18:41:06 |
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| St. Paul, Minn. — Four new radio stations are on the air across northern Minnesota, and each is eager to serve American Indian audiences.In Callaway, Nett Lake, Cloquet and Cass Lake, station employees and volunteers have been scrambling to get.. |
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| Perry Funeral Home now DaWise - Perry |
November 08,2011 02:06:25 |
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| Mandan, ND, August 6, 2011: David Wise is the new owner of DaWise-Perry Funeral Services (formerly, Perry Funeral Home) located at 4614 Memorial Hwy, Mandan. David is a licensed funeral director with more than 15 years of experience and has .. |
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| The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians |
November 07,2011 23:27:19 |
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In 1898, just eight years after the Wounded Knee Massacre, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that created a new federal facility: The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians. Located in Canton, South Dakota, the Asylum would be the only federal mental ins.. |
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| New Sitting Bull College Site in Mobridge, South Dakota |
November 03,2011 21:54:19 |
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New Sitting Bull College Site in Mobridge, South Dakota
FORT YATES, ND – Sitting Bull College will begin offering fully-accredited college coursework in Mobridge, South Dakota in the spring of 2012.
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